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Singer Shlomo Artzi’s father honored for rescuing thousands of Jews in Holocaust
Yitzhak Artzi, father of popular Israeli singer-songwriter Shlomo Artzi and writer Nava Semel, was posthumously honored on Thursday for saving thousands of Jews from Transnistria during the Holocaust. Read more » »
Report: Jewish Agency accuses Evangelical contractors of ‘numerous violations’
Image via facebook By Sam Sokol The Jewish Agency (the Agency) is currently conducting an internal probe into the activities of an evangelical organization whose volunteers it had contracted to perform construction, maintenance and landscaping work at one of its facilities in the Galilee. Read more » »
Last-minute Zionist Congress deal prevents marginalization of non-Orthodox Jewry
After voting was delayed for nearly 48 hours as factions on the religious right and progressive left waged a bitter political battle, a coalition agreement was reached Thursday evening at the 38th World Zionist Congress outlining the incoming leaders of some of the world’s largest and most highly-funded Zionist institutions. Read more » »
Bernard-Henri Levy in unity plea amid right-wing Zionist Congress takeover bid
Speaking at an unusually tense 38th World Zionist Congress on Tuesday, French celebrity philosopher, filmmaker, activist, and author Bernard-Henri Levy made a plea to keep Diaspora Jewry at the heart of the Zionist movement amid an apparent bid by right-wing and religious organizations to seize control of key Zionist institutions. Read more » »
Former US diplomat and presidential adviser Richard Schifter dead at 97
Former top US diplomat Richard Schifter has died aged 97, according to American Jewish organizations and Israel’s Foreign Ministry director general. Schifter fled his native Austria to the US at the age of 15 just after the Nazi takeover of the country. The rest of his family could not obtain visas and were killed by the Nazis. Read more » »
Despite virus, Europe’s synagogues going ahead with inter-faith culture series
JTA — Every September since 2000, synagogues and other Jewish heritage sites in hundreds of cities across Europe — a continent where Jewish institutions normally stay firmly locked down for security — open to the public for a one-day event aimed at fostering ties between Jewish communities and non-Jewish Europeans. Read more » »
Jewish groups protest Trump’s Germany envoy pick for remarks on Nazi history
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups are taking aim at President Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to Germany for his past statements about Muslim immigrants and for downplaying the importance of Nazi history. Read more » »
Meet Canada’s 17-year-old Jewish ‘Greta Thunberg’ who says activism is a mitzvah
TORONTO — Like most teenagers, Hannah Alper has seen her world greatly shrink under COVID-19. Unlike most teenagers, her pre-pandemic reality included frequent speeches in front of large audiences in North America, where her years of social activism and firm command of topical issues belie her age. Read more » »
